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Alex Hovden

On 11th July (over 2 months ago - where has the time gone!) I blogged about our plan to set up a Thunderclap to help us promote the Digital Marketing and Web Science MOOCs.
We set the completion date/time for Monday 8th September at 3:30pm. As long as we got at least 100 supporters by that date then our Thunderclap would go live.
In the end we got 123 people to support it. The result was that we achieved a social reach of over 456,000 people.
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Next week sees the University of Southampton Web Science Institute play host to the inaugural Web Science Summer School.
It aims to provide comprehensive education and networking opportunities to the next generation of Web Scientists.
Official participant registration is closed, but staff and students of the University can still informally attend the keynote speeches for free.
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As part of my summer internship here at the WSI I am promoting Web Science in all shapes and forms.
Part of that involves promoting our MOOC (Web Science) and I am also helping to promote Dr Lisa Harris' brand new MOOC in Digital Marketing.
I have been investigating the concept of a Thunderclap. A Thunderclap is... if you can imagine it... a flashmob on social media. It is a way of putting across a message to as many people as possible using social media.
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This morning there was breaking news that the Government would be introducing an emergency bill to give powers to police and intelligence authorities that would enable them to continue to access phone and internet records.
To the layman, anything involving "emergency" or "data" or "laws" (or a combination) can be alarming.
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So here I am... sat here in Bay 7, Level 3 of building 32. It's a fairly warm Wednesday afternoon and unfortunately i'm wearing a black t-shirt (black absorbs heat). I'm trawling through the feed of tweets, when I come across one from @OA_Button...
Join thousands of researchers in demanding #OpenAccess to research. Use the Open Access Button today: http://t.
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The next running of the Web Science MOOC, run by the University of Southampton in conjunction with FutureLearn, starts on 6th October 2014!
We will also be organising a Thunderclap over the coming months to get the word out about this so keep an eye on @sotonWSI and all the blogs for more details on how you can get involved! Remember that the more people that get involved in the course, the more people there will be participating in the online discussions!
Below is a video giving a brief...
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Royal Society, London - Thursday 12th June 2014
This was the formal launch of the world leading Web Science Institute.
Click the link below to see the full event programme and details:
WSI Launch Brochure
The day kicked off at 10:30 am with a Web Science Institute in the City of London rooms with various organisations including the Open Data Institute (@UKODI, http://theodi.org) and the Web Science Trust (@websciencetrust, http://www.webscience.org).
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